MD Muslims Seek School Ban on Jewish Holidays

They are calling it "racial profiling."

A Muslim group is demanding that the Baltimore County school system remove Jewish holidays from the 2006-07 school calendar.

The demand comes after a nearly three-year battle between the Baltimore Muslim Council and the school system over adding two Islamic holy days, Id al-Fitre and Id al-Adha, to the school calendar.

Next school year's calendar, proposed May 10 and due to be voted on by the school board June 13, does not include the two holy days. But the calendar does list the Jewish holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur, meaning schools are closed those days.

Dr. Bash Pharoan, president of the Muslim council, said it is not fair for the county to recognize one religion while ignoring others. He said if the school board does not vote to allow the two Muslim holidays, then the Jewish holidays should be dropped.

"This issue is about equality, about equity," he said.

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Go figure...from those who seek to eliminate Christianity and Judaism (I'm talking about Muslims not the ACLU...this time), do you expect less. Hang tight...these are the first steps toward Sharia Law, first in the state of MD, then the rest of the USA.

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